After receiving funding from the Community Recognition fund in 2023 Ballybrown/Clarina Community Council have finished work on their Remote Working Hub and is now welcoming users to the hub on a daily basis.
The delivery of a remote working hub formed part of a larger grant application to carry out extensive works in Ballybrown/Clarina Community Resource Centre including the provision of a covered outdoor area, improved accessibility to toilets, upgrade of lighting throughout the facility and the provision of a remote working hub facility. Under the Department of Community and Rural Development Community Recognition fund which was targeted at communities hosting beneficiaries of Temporary Protection to recognise their contribution to the emergency response. In total the Ballybrown/Clarina area received in excess of €114,000 under this tranche of funding including €60,007 for Ballybrown/Clarina Community Resource Centre.
More information on the facilities on offer in Ballybrown/Clarina Community Resource Centre can be found on https://connected hubs.ie/hubs/profile/4664
Welcoming the opening of the working hub Deputy Mayor of the City and County of Limerick Cllr Dan McSweeney said,
“This is a major addition for the Community of Ballybrown/Clarina with the opportunity to work remotely in the local area. Over the years some in Bally-brown/Clarina have had difficulty accessing high speed broadband for work, this facility now provides high speed broadband and will allow local people work in their Community.”
“This is a project I have worked on with the local community for some time and I am delighted to finally see it operational, only for the hard work of local volunteers this project would not have been possible and it is important I thank them for their hard work.
“I look forward to all works being completed in Ballybrown/Clarina Community Resource Centre in the coming weeks as part of this funding allocation and as they mark ten years this month of officially opening I look forward to seeing the ambitious projects they will embark on over the next ten years.”